Updated: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 4:18pm
Shortly after Arizona Republican lawmakers approved it on a party line vote, Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday quickly signed a bill that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state’s early ballot mailing list.
Voters who sign up for the state’s Permanent Early Voting List PEVL for short are automatically sent a ballot for every election in which they’re eligible to vote. The PEVL has grown increasingly popular with each passing election in Arizona.
Whether voters use their early ballot or not has to date been irrelevant. But Senate Bill 1485, sponsored by GOP Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, takes the “permanent” out of the PEVL.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signs law to purge voters from permanent early voting list
Republicans passed the bill along party lines in the House and Senate and the governor signed it Tuesday afternoon.
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Arizona governor signs law to remove some voters from early voting list
Infrequent voters will be removed from a list that enabled them to automatically receive a mail ballot for every election.
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Arizona makes it easier to purge some from early voting list
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a bill purging infrequent voters from a list of those who automatically get a ballot each election
Shortly after Arizona Republican lawmakers approved it, GOP Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday quickly signed a bill into law that could remove tens of thousands
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